help with ro

[thegnu]

hello, i've just got an ro-unit. how do you turn it off when you have enough water. i've been told you must always have water covering the membrane.
i think i've posted this in the wrong place.

 

[Zapisto]

just shut off the Water
all the part of the Unit still have Water.

PS: if you use your RO once a month or less , then you have a prob and i really dont know why you buy a unit in this case......
otherwise you will be fine for normal use


Dont forget to flush it time to time and change the prefilter when needed.
this way your membrane will be good longer

 

[Corie Dora]

I've gone for long periods of time not needing to use my ro system, when I had a large planted tank with only 3 small fishes, I only did water changes once every 2 months or so. Also, when I moved I tore down all my softwater tanks, and had no reason to use it for several months.

The water depot guys suggested to me that it was fine to do that for fish, just to not use the first liter or so that comes out. But that using it for drinking water would be out of the question.

I recently started backflushing my unit before and after occasional use, and have noticed a decent increase in production with no changes in water parameters, as well as calcium and lime deposits (from drying out) coming out of the prefilter. If you google 'backflushing RO aquarium' you'll come up with all kinds of articles on the pros and cons of it, as well as places to buy backflushing valves.

Another suggestion would be to plug the open ends of the unit when not in use (maybe not for drinking, but for fish)

HTH

Corie=^..^=